This game is treated like one of the most horrid games from this franchise. The one that offered a disaster like Sonic '06, by all means the real offender.
It's clearly a game done just for the sake of being done, especially on the level design and narrative blandness.
The gimmick of having your OC finally as a playable character should have made you smile at least a little. It's definitely a 5.5/10 that can be stretched to 6 because it is still enjoyable for the few hours it takes to beat imo.
It's clearly a game done just for the sake of being done, especially on the level design and narrative blandness.
The gimmick of having your OC finally as a playable character should have made you smile at least a little. It's definitely a 5.5/10 that can be stretched to 6 because it is still enjoyable for the few hours it takes to beat imo.
If anything the potential it had makes the outcome of the game more insulting.
I'm so glad I got this dumbass game out of the way for my ranking. Now I can go back to pretending it doesn't exists
I do think it is overhated, but that's probably because it's the first sonic game I ever beat, so I'm biased as fuck.
Infinite's story was wasted potential though, actually, cut that, the whole game was.
Infinite's story was wasted potential though, actually, cut that, the whole game was.
a sonic game so lame that everyone kinds forgot about Sonic 06 and now when you bring up shitty sonic games this one is the first one out of people's mouths.
Pretty terrible. It has some pretty visuals, and the music is good, those are the only real positives.
There are very very short bursts of interesting setpieces in levels. But they are over after 10 seconds.
The general level design is bad. The controls are terrible both in 2 and 3D. The story is stupid like most Sonic games but it has no charm this time. Even with returning characters.
Making your own Avatar is neat but it isn't in service to anything. The game is already bloated with 2d and 3d sonic so the Avatar just makes things even more drawn out.
The 10 bucks I spent on this was way too much. There is certainty a worse Sonic game, but not by much. This is an easy skip.
There are very very short bursts of interesting setpieces in levels. But they are over after 10 seconds.
The general level design is bad. The controls are terrible both in 2 and 3D. The story is stupid like most Sonic games but it has no charm this time. Even with returning characters.
Making your own Avatar is neat but it isn't in service to anything. The game is already bloated with 2d and 3d sonic so the Avatar just makes things even more drawn out.
The 10 bucks I spent on this was way too much. There is certainty a worse Sonic game, but not by much. This is an easy skip.
Unfortunately speedrun.com is run by a bunch of hacks, because I'm a top 100 speedrunner of this game but they wouldn't accept my score because of "spam".
Maybe it's because I beat the game and then refunded it on steam during my stream.
https://youtube.com/live/l9AOeL4PLuk?feature=share
Maybe it's because I beat the game and then refunded it on steam during my stream.
https://youtube.com/live/l9AOeL4PLuk?feature=share
I was almost finishing, but then Sonic simply wouldn't jump anymore, no matter what I did.
Given that I had heard only negative reception going into Sonic Forces, I kept my expectations low. Perhaps this helped the game to leave a lasting impression on me, as I was pleasantly surprised. The game, if a bit short, was mostly fun to play through.
Apart from Sonic stages, there are also classic Sonic stages (2D) and “Avatar” stages, where you play as your custom Sonic character. Wisps make a return from Sonic Colors, providing unique abilities that can be used throughout the game, and also provide some incentive for replaying stages with a different Wisp equipped.
The character creation process is rather basic, but there are hundreds of clothing items for you to customize your character. This customization is made out to be a big part of the game, and is the main type of reward you’ll receive for completing stages and missions (unique tasks/quests in their own menu). For example, clear stage X with an S rank for 5 customization items, etc.
Since there is a wide variety of customization options, it was fun to play around with my character’s appearance every now and again, but there is truly an absurd amount of items to unlock for your character. In fact, every time you simply clear a stage for the first time you’re made to click through five or more new items you just unlocked. This got pretty tedious after the third or fourth stage, and I found myself wishing that it could be skipped or had an Accept All button.
The story is not bad for a Sonic game. I appreciate that the characters are involved in and outside of stages, talking about what’s going on and communicating with you as your character (even if the constant “Rookie” feels a bit jarring). Cutscenes are mostly dynamic with unique character actions, which is more credit than I can give some other Sonic titles.
Along with the main story, you can unlock some Special and EX stages. These are mostly short and gimmicky stages that I felt didn’t really add much to the game. There are also SOS encounters, which have you replay various stages in order to save characters trapped inside of them. I didn't see much point in doing these.
Overall, I enjoyed my time with Forces. Outside of a few stages with questionable level design, the game felt pretty well put together. Just don’t expect a masterpiece!
Apart from Sonic stages, there are also classic Sonic stages (2D) and “Avatar” stages, where you play as your custom Sonic character. Wisps make a return from Sonic Colors, providing unique abilities that can be used throughout the game, and also provide some incentive for replaying stages with a different Wisp equipped.
The character creation process is rather basic, but there are hundreds of clothing items for you to customize your character. This customization is made out to be a big part of the game, and is the main type of reward you’ll receive for completing stages and missions (unique tasks/quests in their own menu). For example, clear stage X with an S rank for 5 customization items, etc.
Since there is a wide variety of customization options, it was fun to play around with my character’s appearance every now and again, but there is truly an absurd amount of items to unlock for your character. In fact, every time you simply clear a stage for the first time you’re made to click through five or more new items you just unlocked. This got pretty tedious after the third or fourth stage, and I found myself wishing that it could be skipped or had an Accept All button.
The story is not bad for a Sonic game. I appreciate that the characters are involved in and outside of stages, talking about what’s going on and communicating with you as your character (even if the constant “Rookie” feels a bit jarring). Cutscenes are mostly dynamic with unique character actions, which is more credit than I can give some other Sonic titles.
Along with the main story, you can unlock some Special and EX stages. These are mostly short and gimmicky stages that I felt didn’t really add much to the game. There are also SOS encounters, which have you replay various stages in order to save characters trapped inside of them. I didn't see much point in doing these.
Overall, I enjoyed my time with Forces. Outside of a few stages with questionable level design, the game felt pretty well put together. Just don’t expect a masterpiece!
chills
muito ruim filho, o sonic corre sozinho eu literalmente deixei o controle parado e ele ficou correndo sozinho vai se fudekkkkkkk
Hablar sobre este juego se siente raro, todos los comentarios que me han llegado sobre el es que es un juego malo, es aburrido, incluso horrible (sin elaborar claramente porque la gente que critica es así), y finalmente puedo dar mi opinión al respecto.
En tema de historia Sonic forces nos presenta... Eh... Algo supongo? No se, está es casi inexistente, eggman invade, tiene una nueva arma en forma de Sonic llamado infinite, por algún motivo vuelven villanos anteriores que claramente no te explican por qué, salen demasiados personajes conocidos pero ninguno se trabaja, solo existen, y finalmente los importantes que tenemos son Sonic (que me gusta más aquí a como era en lost world), el Sonic chikito (mejor personaje) y el "avatar" que es un personaje que creamos que claramente solo aporta a nivel de cosas que hace porque personalidad no puede tener para que funcione como avatar (cosa que pasa por lo general en RPGs para que se hagan la idea).
Jugablemente el juego es bastante raro, si bien tenemos 3 gameplay distintos que son de los 3 personajes importantes que dije antes, al final es más de lo mismo pero peor, todos los niveles son iguales, no hay variedad ni gimmick más allá de las habilidades que presentan los personajes que al final, los 2 Sonic son casi iguales solo que uno es en 2D y el otro se juega más como el estilo moderno, y el avatar que tiene una especie de gancho que se puede ir cambiando para que tenga ataques distintos. En cuanto a los niveles estos son cortisimos y se resumen en ir avanzando y ya, personalmente no hay ningún stage que se me quedara grabado por lo bien hecho como en el caso de los adventure por ejemplo, sin embargo, el juego lo encontré muy entretenidos, funciona, me divertí con el juego. Y punto final con respecto al gameplay son los jefes, se repiten bastante, no es que Sonic (al menos los que he jugado) tenga jefes tan memorables, pero vamos, hasta el jefe final es fome y anticlimatico.
Gráficamente no me voy a extender nada, el juego es bonito, las animaciones son muy buenas y en cuanto a diseños no puedo hablar porque como dije, este juego solo recicla.
Ahora sí este punto encuentro que es el mejor de lejos, la música es demasiado buena, está muy bien hecha, muchos no son tracks típicos que escuchariamos en Sonic, pero queda bien, tiene demasiados temazos, y me da rabia porque como dije los niveles dura poquísimo (2 minutos como mucho), así que la música no se puede disfrutar completamente jugando.
En conclusión, creo que este juego se ha llevado un overhate injustificado, expuse los puntos flojos para mi de este juego, pero vamos, en serio quien pide profundidad a nivel de historia en un Sonic? Esta es una mierda, pero no es a lo que vine principalmente, siento que el juego mínimo debería probarse, porque puede que se lleven una sorpresa, y, al igual que Sonic adventure me es difícil elegir una canción favorita por lo bueno que es el soundtrack, pero aquí va.
Canción favorita: https://youtu.be/ilr6lBqt-dM?si=hEf0rw_oc8cSZAbe
En tema de historia Sonic forces nos presenta... Eh... Algo supongo? No se, está es casi inexistente, eggman invade, tiene una nueva arma en forma de Sonic llamado infinite, por algún motivo vuelven villanos anteriores que claramente no te explican por qué, salen demasiados personajes conocidos pero ninguno se trabaja, solo existen, y finalmente los importantes que tenemos son Sonic (que me gusta más aquí a como era en lost world), el Sonic chikito (mejor personaje) y el "avatar" que es un personaje que creamos que claramente solo aporta a nivel de cosas que hace porque personalidad no puede tener para que funcione como avatar (cosa que pasa por lo general en RPGs para que se hagan la idea).
Jugablemente el juego es bastante raro, si bien tenemos 3 gameplay distintos que son de los 3 personajes importantes que dije antes, al final es más de lo mismo pero peor, todos los niveles son iguales, no hay variedad ni gimmick más allá de las habilidades que presentan los personajes que al final, los 2 Sonic son casi iguales solo que uno es en 2D y el otro se juega más como el estilo moderno, y el avatar que tiene una especie de gancho que se puede ir cambiando para que tenga ataques distintos. En cuanto a los niveles estos son cortisimos y se resumen en ir avanzando y ya, personalmente no hay ningún stage que se me quedara grabado por lo bien hecho como en el caso de los adventure por ejemplo, sin embargo, el juego lo encontré muy entretenidos, funciona, me divertí con el juego. Y punto final con respecto al gameplay son los jefes, se repiten bastante, no es que Sonic (al menos los que he jugado) tenga jefes tan memorables, pero vamos, hasta el jefe final es fome y anticlimatico.
Gráficamente no me voy a extender nada, el juego es bonito, las animaciones son muy buenas y en cuanto a diseños no puedo hablar porque como dije, este juego solo recicla.
Ahora sí este punto encuentro que es el mejor de lejos, la música es demasiado buena, está muy bien hecha, muchos no son tracks típicos que escuchariamos en Sonic, pero queda bien, tiene demasiados temazos, y me da rabia porque como dije los niveles dura poquísimo (2 minutos como mucho), así que la música no se puede disfrutar completamente jugando.
En conclusión, creo que este juego se ha llevado un overhate injustificado, expuse los puntos flojos para mi de este juego, pero vamos, en serio quien pide profundidad a nivel de historia en un Sonic? Esta es una mierda, pero no es a lo que vine principalmente, siento que el juego mínimo debería probarse, porque puede que se lleven una sorpresa, y, al igual que Sonic adventure me es difícil elegir una canción favorita por lo bueno que es el soundtrack, pero aquí va.
Canción favorita: https://youtu.be/ilr6lBqt-dM?si=hEf0rw_oc8cSZAbe
Acho longe de ser tão ruim quanto colocam. Eu entendo que pra quem acompanhou o lançamento do jogo passou por uma decepção enorme, mas comigo não tendo esse fator, eu só acho um jogo tanto faz, nada no jogo tem alma ou personalidade e carisma, e todas as fases parecem iguais, eu só não sinto nada jogando, é entediante.
Na verdade eu até preferiria que o jogo fosse realmente ruim e tivesse personalidade, eu prefiro sentir ódio do que sentir indiferença com arte, e as vezes você se diverte com coisas que são ruins mas tem personalidade, como Sonic 2006 ou Shadow the hedgehod, são jogos muito piores que esse, terríveis de se controlar, mas eles tem um carisma que te diverte e te prende de alguma forma, você sente alguma coisa, mesmo que raiva.
Pra não falar que eu não senti nada, eu passei raiva nas últimas fases, que são insuportaveis, e as fases 2D são significativamente piores que as 3D com a física estranha, até me diverti com as fases 3D, mas as 2D me impdendem de subir um pouco mais o jogo no meu conceito.
Na verdade eu até preferiria que o jogo fosse realmente ruim e tivesse personalidade, eu prefiro sentir ódio do que sentir indiferença com arte, e as vezes você se diverte com coisas que são ruins mas tem personalidade, como Sonic 2006 ou Shadow the hedgehod, são jogos muito piores que esse, terríveis de se controlar, mas eles tem um carisma que te diverte e te prende de alguma forma, você sente alguma coisa, mesmo que raiva.
Pra não falar que eu não senti nada, eu passei raiva nas últimas fases, que são insuportaveis, e as fases 2D são significativamente piores que as 3D com a física estranha, até me diverti com as fases 3D, mas as 2D me impdendem de subir um pouco mais o jogo no meu conceito.
Not sure what happened with this one. Normally 3D Sonic is something I can always enjoy, but Forces just didn't pull me in at all. I remember giving it maybe 1-2 play sessions before calling it. Maybe it's not as bad as I remember it being, but it still currently remains one of the weaker 3D Sonics I've tried.
Playstation add this back to your store rn pls
This game's story is genuinely cringeworthy and the gameplay + level design is basically non-existent because the game is constantly playing by itself with no inputs required from the player.
It looks good and runs well with banger soundtrack to boot, but that's about it.
It looks good and runs well with banger soundtrack to boot, but that's about it.
No ta wapo
ما شفت انها بذا السوء
i got 2 levels in before i'm convinced the muscles in my arms started to bleed and cry out in agony
O Sonic moderno controla horrível em 3D, mas tem algumas exceções e as seções 2D boazinha. O Avatar é muito lento e terrível de controlar, até pegar o Drill ai ele vira o personagem mais divertido de se jogar por quebrar o jogo inteiro. O Sonic clássico é um completo lixo, não sei porque só não importaram a versão do Generations. O Shadow controla melhor que o Sonic e tem fases melhores, mesmo só tendo 3 fases.
Em resumo este jogo seria melhor se fosse Shadow Forces.
Em resumo este jogo seria melhor se fosse Shadow Forces.
too fucking easy
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pure trash
I was scared to play this game because it's one of the lowest rated games on this site, but... it's honestly not bad?? It's like the perfect example of mid. The soundtrack was really good, the cutscenes looked great (except for a few that were super compressed), and honestly the gameplay wasn't that bad minus Classic Sonic. While I am annoyed by the amount of auto-segments and how short the game is, I don't think it deserves a 1.8 rating for that.
I hate the fact that this game has one of the best soundtracks and graphics in the franchise but was able to waste all of its potential. Flat characters, intrusive automatic sections, rushed storytelling and very very short stages (with few exceptions) was everything the franchise didn't need. However, It's important saying that some sections that require the use of the Wispons are very creative and useful. Speaking of time, by the first 12 minutes of gameplay, Tails says that Classic Sonic is from another dimension, which can't be true since it was said in Sonic Generations and stated by Ian Flynn that he is just the younger version of Sonic. Despite what I said before, this game is very important for the Sonic Canon, preceding the events of the IDW comics and is worth playing IF YOU'RE A FAN.
stinky stinky fog horn sound effect
goistei menos aquela parte ali
Even though the game has some great music (most of it), decent visuals, and being able to create your own Sonic OC is fun... the actual gameplay feels lacking, movement and jumping in the 2D sidescrolling areas is very imprecise, the homing attack doesn't work all the time, you're -forced- to slow down in several places to wait until a danger passes, and the story. Oh my god.
The story boils down to THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP WITH MY NEW BEST FRIEND ORIGINAL THE CHARACTER CAN DEFEAT ALL. And the story beats themselves aren't bad, it's just how everyone treats your Mary or Gary Stu character like they're the best character evurrrr. It gets very grating.
Infinite (the bad guy for most of the game) got dealt a bad card. And the game's story makes no sense UNLESS you read the prequel comic. And even that's a bit lacking.
But anyway. The thing that made this game a definite "Not recommended" was the forced grinding to get the achievements. You have to get 10K / 50K / 100K rings, kill 5K / 10K enemies... and get a character from every race to max level. For reference, I beat the game with 4000 rings or so total, my character didn't reach max level, and I didn't even have 2000 enemies beaten. And that was after almost 8 hours. I beat the game (and the extremely short Episode Shadow DLC) and that's enough for me to shelve it. And while it is possible to grind the rings and XP easily with daily mission bonuses, it's just not fun enough to do.
14th game cleared in 2024. Time to clear: 7 hours or so (again). 25/48 Achievements obtained. Hot slash fiction between Foxhack the Notafox and Infinite? I'll get back to you on that.
The story boils down to THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP WITH MY NEW BEST FRIEND ORIGINAL THE CHARACTER CAN DEFEAT ALL. And the story beats themselves aren't bad, it's just how everyone treats your Mary or Gary Stu character like they're the best character evurrrr. It gets very grating.
Infinite (the bad guy for most of the game) got dealt a bad card. And the game's story makes no sense UNLESS you read the prequel comic. And even that's a bit lacking.
But anyway. The thing that made this game a definite "Not recommended" was the forced grinding to get the achievements. You have to get 10K / 50K / 100K rings, kill 5K / 10K enemies... and get a character from every race to max level. For reference, I beat the game with 4000 rings or so total, my character didn't reach max level, and I didn't even have 2000 enemies beaten. And that was after almost 8 hours. I beat the game (and the extremely short Episode Shadow DLC) and that's enough for me to shelve it. And while it is possible to grind the rings and XP easily with daily mission bonuses, it's just not fun enough to do.
14th game cleared in 2024. Time to clear: 7 hours or so (again). 25/48 Achievements obtained. Hot slash fiction between Foxhack the Notafox and Infinite? I'll get back to you on that.
Good game but the story is... geez... urg... forget that.
Sonic Character Creator
Sonic Unleashed and Generations are banger games that I can probably replay at a drop of a hat and still have a great time, I'm not the biggest fan of Colors but the series did kind of need it at the time and I can understand why many people love it, I'm just more of a fan of the DS version.
Sonic Forces is a different story on the other hand, for Generations, they were able to improve upon the already incredible foundation Unleashed had. Forces feels like a FUCKING MASSIVE step down in comparison, Sonic and Classic Sonic actually somehow control like shit, same goes for the avatar, and the levels feel so underbaked, short, and don't even leave an impression on you unlike the other three boost games. And Mania came out the same year which makes this game look worse in comparison. The game is short as hell but so is Generations and that game was able to be fun as hell and leave a great impression. The soundtrack is kinda good but some of the songs are funny to me, especially since they come from this game. The story also sucks and is missed potential as well, they reuse some stages from past games but it had the potential to do something cool with it but instead its just feels thrown together. The story needed better writers in order for the story to reach its potential, there's this video I listened to at work call Sonic Forces Rewritten and its a very interesting watch and it shows how story and gameplay styles could have been handled, even being back the alternate perspectives formula from the Adventure games into play with some elements from Heroes generally could have been interesting, even expanding upon bringing back more past locations from other games but with them being taken over by Dr. Eggman could be very interesting to see. But instead we get this half baked, piece of shit that is worthless and straight up fundamentally flawed. At least '06, for as shit as that was, there was some great ideas and it would later give us Project '06, which slaps. At least Sonic and the Secret Rings gave us this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0k7tCxylWo . At least I can make fun of Shadow the Hedgehog for how fucking stupid nearly every aspect of that game is and it at least controls fine. At least Sonic 4 Episode I.... uh....emm....uh.. I honestly don't know.
I actually never want to touch this shit ever again.
Sonic Forces is a different story on the other hand, for Generations, they were able to improve upon the already incredible foundation Unleashed had. Forces feels like a FUCKING MASSIVE step down in comparison, Sonic and Classic Sonic actually somehow control like shit, same goes for the avatar, and the levels feel so underbaked, short, and don't even leave an impression on you unlike the other three boost games. And Mania came out the same year which makes this game look worse in comparison. The game is short as hell but so is Generations and that game was able to be fun as hell and leave a great impression. The soundtrack is kinda good but some of the songs are funny to me, especially since they come from this game. The story also sucks and is missed potential as well, they reuse some stages from past games but it had the potential to do something cool with it but instead its just feels thrown together. The story needed better writers in order for the story to reach its potential, there's this video I listened to at work call Sonic Forces Rewritten and its a very interesting watch and it shows how story and gameplay styles could have been handled, even being back the alternate perspectives formula from the Adventure games into play with some elements from Heroes generally could have been interesting, even expanding upon bringing back more past locations from other games but with them being taken over by Dr. Eggman could be very interesting to see. But instead we get this half baked, piece of shit that is worthless and straight up fundamentally flawed. At least '06, for as shit as that was, there was some great ideas and it would later give us Project '06, which slaps. At least Sonic and the Secret Rings gave us this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0k7tCxylWo . At least I can make fun of Shadow the Hedgehog for how fucking stupid nearly every aspect of that game is and it at least controls fine. At least Sonic 4 Episode I.... uh....emm....uh.. I honestly don't know.
I actually never want to touch this shit ever again.